Drag-link



0. 'H. DE LA MONTE. DRAG LINK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-22,!919.

Patented June 21, 1921.

INTI? WIT/158858 I :1 95 :ZVE 0 ATTORNEY? UN TE S ATE PATENT on CASGIOUSH DE LA MONTE, on, NEW YoRK, N. Y.,'-Ass1:ono.e T0

MOTOR COMPANY, OF NEW DRAG-LINK.

YORK, N. Y., A. CORPORATION OF DELA'WARE;

auntie-WWW Application filed August To all whom'it may concern:

Be it known that l, {iAS-CYOUS en LA MONTE, a, citizen of the United 1itotes, rm siding in the borough oi Menl'ietten oi city of New York, inthe State of i i-"cw York, have invented. certain new and usefulImprovements in Drag-Links, of which the following is e specification,reference being had to the accompanying drowing, forming a, part hereof.

This invention relates to on] improved drug link of the type in whichthere are in corporzited between the steering arm and the steeringwheels, devices for absorbing the road shocks. The drug link. and theassociated elements are not new, broadly, but the present invention hasforits object to provide in known drag links of the type referred tospecial features of construction which are of importance both to themanufacturer and the assembler. The improvements result in' a cheaperconstruction and one which permits the parts to-he more readilyassembled and disassembled the-n heretofore. The details of constructionwill appear in connection with the description of the illustratedembodiment in the ucoonr panying drawing, in whiohw Figure l isa, Viewin section of eimg ment of the improved drag link, a portion of thesteering arm being shown. in elevw tion.

Fig. 2 is a view in transverse section through the link shown in, Fig.1, taken along the plane indicated 'hy the line 2 2 of Fig. l andlooking in the direction of the-arrows.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The drag link a, which is tubular, has formed at one end thereof asleeve a','slotted at its upper side, as at o to receive the steeringarm 0, on the lower end of which is formed shall 0. Within the sleeve aare pslidably disposed two hull socket blocks '62,

e which receive the ball 0 of. the steering arm 0. These blocks d, e areslotted .at

their upper sides, at d, 0, respectively, to

. permit angular movement of the lever arm. 'One of the blocks Z restsagainst a shoulder a" formed at the inner end of the sleeve a. The otherblock is engaged by aspring f which seats on a plug, cup 9 threaded intothe open end of the sleeve a", The tension Sliecifieetiqn of LettersEat-cut. une

threaded cup 3? iii obvious The cup 57 "0 provide it locl' np 1 ed byholt it well" the sleeve a and on io.

may he slipped. on the ct.

The sleeve a is letted, 1' e of resiiiency. SL111 is locked thereon bysetting" uor. the bolt r t e It. I he bolt 1) and clamp s ol. not ivwill.

be placed in position after the plug 1;; been threaded in a. sullicient(listensto the desire-d tension on the spring 5. milled section oftheplug rhust he brought in proper position. to permit the engagementtherewith of the surface of the bolt when the latter; is" engaged, forthe purpo e of reventing rotation. of the cap.

Another suture of the invention, which is of great importance to themanufacturer and will lessen materially the initial cost of manufactureof such drug lin 1d greatly facilitate their assembling, re. es theprovision of improved. means for preventing. rotation of the socketmembers (55,22. in the sleeve oore punched two lugs c directly in themetal end these huge rest within channels (P, c? the respective blocks03, e, the relation of the lugs and channels being such as to permitsliding movement of the blocks while preventing rotary movement thereof.The blocks are held positively against rotation but may he readily movedintoposition or moved out upon assembling or disassembling or for theirintended play when in usef The appended'hleiin is intended to cover theimproved drag linl; es s new article of manufacture and also theparticular combination of elements for locking the sorino The li ti- 01.said socket members, lugs struck inwerdly in file mete} of said sleeve1'30 enga e the chmmels in file socket members, e

cap threaied in the a 1, forming a seat fer sieid spring, said my havinga milled. section, e split? ring clamp encircling the slotted end of theend of the sleeve emme GASGIOUS H DE LA MONTE.

